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Typhon1|ˈtaɪfɒn|
[a. L. Tȳphōn, a. Gr. τῡϕῶν, name of a giant (see below); also, a tempestuous wind (see next); also applied to a comet or meteor.]
The name of a giant or monster of ancient Greek mythology (according to Hesiod, the son of Typhoeus (see typhœan), and father of the Winds; later identified with Typhoeus), fabled to have been buried under Mount Etna, and represented as having a hundred heads and breathing out flames; also used as a name for the Egyptian evil divinity Set. Hence allusively.
1592Kyd Sol. & Pers. i. iii, Bas. What, wouldst thou haue me a Typhon, To beare vp Peleon or Ossa? Pist. Typhon me no Typhons. 1610J. Guillim Heraldry i. i. (1660) 7 Ulysses bare a Dolphin and a Typhon breathing out flames of fire. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xx. §14 This aery Typhon [Lambert Symnell], which grasped at the embracement of the two Kingdomes of England and Ireland. a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Poems Wks. (1711) 40 Those brazen Typhons, which disgorge..metal, flame, and smoak. 1820T. Mitchell Aristoph. I. 202 He marches all elate 'Gainst that Typhon of the state, Storm and hurricane and tempest combining. a1864T. Archer in Macfarlane Mem. vii. (1867) 190 Boring away at Berosus and Sanchoniatho..at Demi-gods and Typhons.
Comb.1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. i. ii. Imposture 637 Wo to the vain bravados Of Typhon-like invincible Armados. 1859J. C. Fairbairn Hymns & Poems 92 That brindled monster, typhon-born. |